THE HOT CANARY
Paul Nero & Ray Gilbert

Florian Zabach (1951)
Ella Fitzgerald with the Sy Oliver Orchestra (1951)
Stan Kenton (1951)


Peep peep
Birdie words are necessary
Peep peep
Even to a hot canary
Peep peep
This is my vocabulary
Just - peep peep

Peep peep
Wouldn't it be fine and dandy
Peep peep
If I had some love words handy
Peep peep
I could say you're sweet as candy
Not - just peep

If I could talk like people talk
I'd tell you things you've never heard
Yet the way some people talk
I'm very glad that I'm a bird

Peep peep
Come to think, I'm feeling merry
Peep peep
Heck with my vocabulary
Peep peep
Love is all that's necessary
And I - love you

Birdie words are necessary
Even to a hot canary
This is my vocabulary
Wouldn't it be fine and dandy
If I had some love words handy
I could say you're sweet as candy
Not just - peep peep



(Transcribed by Samb Hicks - January 2015)